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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
David Miliband has fuelled speculation he is set to become the European Union's first "foreign minister" by making a surprise appearance at a gathering of Europe's leaders in Germany.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy and Foreign Secretary David Miliband have emerged as firm favourites to become president and foreign policy chief of the European Union.
Nick Robinson's Newslog (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
David Miliband has turned down the possibility of a new career as "Europe's Foreign Secretary" - the post formally called EU high representative. A friend of the foreign secretary has told me that "David sees his future in British politics". Mr Miliband's decision follows lobbying from colleagues who have urged him not to desert the Labour Party and who regard him as Gordon Brown's...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Those who have attacked David Miliband for criticising Michal Kaminski do not represent the Jewish community – they're partisan Tories Just as there are no MPs who are mere backbenchers – they are instead always "senior backbenchers" – so journalistic convention demands that any member of an ethnic minority who speaks out must immediately be anointed as a "leader"....
Tory Politico (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
The BBC is reporting that David Miliband will not “look for high office in Europe.” I have being saying for a long time that Milibands movements on the European front are indicative of the way the labour leadership is moving. If he is not going to be the first high representative for foreign affairs then [...]
Times Online (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
David Miliband gave his strongest signal yet that he is interested in quitting the Government to become the EU’s foreign minister when he took a last-minute flight to join EU leaders in Berlin as they held frantic behind-the-scenes talks on who should become the EU’s first president and foreign representative.
The Lone Voice (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Dof of the cap to Dick Puddlecote who points out that something might just be wrong on that Global Boring Warming theory. Alpine ski resorts have welcomed a first blanket of snow, allowing some to open early and raising hopes of a bumper season despite the economic downturn. In Verbier, Switzerland, where one in five tourists is British, more than a mile of ski runs opens today for weekend skiing....
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday
Gordon Brown is to face intense pressure on Monday to put forward David Miliband as a candidate for the post of European Union foreign minister.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian leader Herman Van Rompuy and Britain's David Miliband have emerged as the front-runners for two top jobs in the European Union, but the British minister has distanced himself from the post of foreign policy chief.
Labourlist (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
By Sunder Katwala / @nextleft There are two possible criticisms which pro-European political opponents might make of David Cameron's new European Union policy - one that it is meaningless; the other that it is dangerous. Which will the Labour government argue? I wanted to find out which way the Foreign Secretary would jump on this choice, when chairing his keynote session to the Fabian Change We Need...
Arabic Video News in English (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
David Miliband, Britain’s foreign minister, has said that the US must maintain the momentum in pushing for Middle East peace. He made the comment in the course of an interview to Al Jazeera’s Nisreen El-Shamayleh in Amman, Jordan. The discussion covered subjects ranging from ongoing efforts to restart peace talks betewen the Israelis and Palestinians, to recent [...]
Events dear boy, events (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
On a day when Alan Johnson’s interview didn't get the attention it deserved, it is worth noting: 1. The tensions between between Brown and Darling; 2. The Independent’s latest “poll of polls” where John Curtice has this to say: David Cameron must still be concerned that he has still not ‘sealed the deal’ with sufficient voters so that Labour could not at least claw...
FreeThoughtManifesto (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Last update - 00:23 04/11/2009 Courtesy Of Haaretz NewsPaper British Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Tuesday criticized Israel's construction of settlements in the West Bank as "illegal" and said they represented an "obstacle" in the path of peace. "Settlements are illegal in our view and an obstacle" that impedes efforts which seek to work out a final settlement between...
French Politics (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Has David Miliband taken himself out of the running for the post of EU foreign minister? Jean Quatremer thinks so . Ostensibly, the reason is that Gordon Brown needs him at home to help run the Labour campaign. Subtext: positioning himself to take over the party if Brown fails may loom larger than becoming the first EU foreign minister. Who will get the post if Miliband is out? Quatremer names Massimo...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tories will suffer for their referendum divisions. But because of Labour's lack of confidence this will be after the election So Europe is back. Like a zombie flesh-eater in another movie remake, issues of national sovereignty and the popular will are marching across the political landscape, leaving marks on the major parties. The Conservative U-turn on a referendum is a big moment; but the possible...
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